To gay or not to gay, that is the question. The Sacred Band of Thebes was an elite unit of the Theban army comprised of purportedly 150 gay male couples totaling 300 men. This is a force that for years would remain undefeated in battle until they were wiped out to the last man by Alexander the Great. But What is their story? How did they become so famous? And why are they both not talked about enough and too much? The heroics of these men are legendary, but how much of it is legend?
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bonus History of Everything: Everything Wrong with History Channels Vikings Youtube Episode
History of Everything: The Terrible WW1 Battle of The Somme
History of Everything: Maos Madness and The Great Leap Forward
Bonus History of Everything: The Monster Emperor Nero
History of Everything: Russia's Terrible Time of Troubles
History of Everything: Presidential Sex Scandals
History of Everything: The Mad Queen of Madagascar
History of Everything: The Legend of Houdini
History of Everything: The Meiji Restoration Changed Japan
History of Everything: Hawaii and Kamehameha (Former Patron Exclusive)
History of Everything: The Marian Reforms
History of Everything: The Insane Story of Birth Control
History of Everything: How Catherine became The Great
History of everything: Dog Company
History of Everything: The Inbreeding Ptolemies of Egypt
History of Everything: The Age of War in Japan
History of Everything: The Haitian Revolution
History of Everything: The Landsknecht German Mercenaries
History of Everything: The Fall of Constantinople
History of Everything: American Interventionism and Grenada
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
History Obscura
Historycal: Words that Shaped the World
The Rest Is History
Everything Everywhere Daily